What abour the Reverse Environmental Impact Assessment that introduces new tools for the adaption of projects, and plans to the effects and negative impact of Climate Change? So, the Directive 2014/52 EU.....

In the end the EIA being more specific was the one to be revised, so the new changes brought to the Directive 2011/92 by the Directive 2014/52 should have been more significant....Still....there are no news for another significant change!.

In a 2010 resolution, Parliament considered the environmental aspects of the EU 2020 strategy as being generally too weak and in need of strengthening, and called for ‘clear and measurable environmental goals’ to be ‘built into the main targets of the strategy, with emphasis on halting the loss of biodiversity’.

Recently, Parliament approved an update of the environmental impact assessments directive in order to clarify the text, include biodiversity and climate change, and ensure that project authorisations are not subject to conflicts of interest. During negotiations with the Council, Parliament succeeded in raising quality standards to protect human health and the environment. Although it had to give in on mandatory environmental impact assessments for the extraction and exploration of shale gas, nevertheless risks to human health or the environment will have to be taken into account for new gas projects.